February 2026

Winged pigweed (Cycloloma atriplicifolium)

In September 2023, my wife Laura and I were botanizing along the Snake River in southern Asotin County, Washington with Arnold Clifford, a Diné botanist and geologist visiting Pullman from Beclabito, New Mexico. As we were walking along the sandy beach, Arnold and I noticed a loosely ball-shaped herb with narrow, toothed leaves and tiny, […]